ICAHN TO TRUMP: Thanks, but no.

REUTERS/Jeff ZelevanskyOn Thursday presidential candidate Donald Trump told the world that he would "love" to have Carl Icahn as Treasury Secretary in a Trump administration.

And on Friday, the billionaire investor responded on his website, Shareholders Square Table.

Sadly, he politely declined, saying that he simply does "not get up early enough in the morning to accept this opportunity."

However, he did applaud Trump for speaking out about "a big fat bubble" coming up in the stock market. So they'll always have that.

Here's the full statement:

I was extremely surprised to learn that Donald was running for President and even more surprised that he stated he would make me Secretary of Treasury. I am flattered but do not get up early enough in the morning to accept this opportunity.

There are others much more knowledgeable than I concerning Presidential elections. I will therefore decline to opine on his chances. But I am knowledgeable concerning markets and believe Donald is completely correct to be concerned that we have a big fat bubble coming up. We have artificially induced low interest rates.

I personally believe we are sailing in dangerous unchartered waters. I can only hope we get to shore safely. Never in the history of the Federal Reserve have interest rates been artificially held down for so long at the extremely low rates existing today. I applaud Donald for speaking out on this issue more people should.

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'Secret Restaurant' Hudson Clearwater Hit with CB2 Liquor License Denial

SOHO It's no secret that Community Board 2 is not a fan of the West Village restaurant Hudson Clearwater.

The board voted down a liquor license renewal application Thursday night for the restaurant, which opened in 2009 and keeps itself a "secret"  by having no signage or obvious sign of its existence from the street.

With its advisory vote, CB2 is urging the State Liquor Authority to reject the 447 Hudson St. eatery's application because neighbors have complained about noise and said the seasonal American restaurant's owners allegedly operate a backyard garden later than the agreed-upon 10 p.m.

Board member Sasha Greene, who lives nearby, said the unmarked green door on Morton Street that serves as the down-low restaurant's main entrance causes confusion in the area.

"People are wandering the street all the time, trying to find the place and asking 'Do you know where the secret restaurant is?'" Greene said.

Board member and local resident Bob Ely said Hudson Clearwater's often-unlocked door is dangerous.

"People can climb over the fences into other people's backyards. It's a severe security risk," he said.

Chris Brandon, 31, one of Hudson Clearwater's four owners, said the restaurant will make its case to the state SLA.

"We're going to push our renewal through to the SLA," he said, noting that he thought a petition with 167 signatures of support should have outweighed the "five people" who complained about noise.

"Why should [our supporters'] voices count for any less?" he said.

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Village Co-op Owners Sue to Stop Bike Share Installation

WEST VILLAGE Parking spots for dozens of bicycles were recently bolted into a residential street near a playground but property owners in a nearby co-op building are pushing the city to tear them out even before the bikes roll in.

Using the name Left Bank Apartment Corp., residents of the seven-story building at 99 Bank St. filed a lawsuit against the city and its Department of Transportation Thursday to try to get the bike-share dock for 31 cycles installed on the northwest corner of Bank and Hudson streets removed, documents filed in Manhattan Supreme Court show.

On Friday, the suit was rejected in court. 

The Citi Bike Share outpost, stationed on the north side of Bank Street in the parking lane, across from Bleecker Playground, will be dangerous for people stepping out their front door, residents argued.

"The DOT made its decision without considering that such placement will severely endanger the health and safety of the residents of 99 Bank Street," the suit states.

But the city Law Department said the city and the DOT stand by the decision about where to locate the bikes.

"Bike Share station sites were chosen after an extensive and thorough selection process," city attorney Gabriel Taussig said in a statement Monday. "We are confident the process was completely proper and that the court will agree with us."

Left Bank Apartment Corp. charges that the location of this bike-share dock violates a city rule stating no "street furniture" should be place at the curb directly opposite a building entrance.

The residents' lawyer did not respond to an inquiry about what's next for the suit in regard to the building, where 1-bedroom apartments recently rented for upwards of $3,000.

Elsewhere in the city, bike-share docks have been covered with signs that argue the corporate-branded cycle stations don't belong in historic neighborhoods.

"Citibank, residential landmark blocks are not for advertising or commercial activity!" the signs read.

In the current phase of Citi Bike Share, the DOT is installing 6,000 bikes at 330 stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. For an annual membership of $95 plus tax, an electronic key sent in the mail will unlock bikes from any station in the city for an unlimited number of 45-minute rides.

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